Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 11-31
Description
Looks at the key findings of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, and its relevance to residential school experience.
Curriculum module designed to give healthcare providers an understanding of specific cultural, racial, ethnic and tribal influences on wellbeing of elders. Topics include information about the population, patterns of health risk, culturally appropriate doctor-patient communication and assessment, access and utilization of healthcare, and instructional strategies.
Curriculum module designed to give healthcare providers an understanding of specific cultural, racial, ethnic and tribal influences on wellbeing of elders. Topics include information about the population, patterns of health risk, culturally appropriate doctor-patient communication, assessment, and delivery of care, access and utilization of healthcare, and instructional strategies, and learning activities.
Curriculum module designed for health care providers discusses demographics, patterns of health risk, and cultural competency in assessment and treatment.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices , October-December 2011, pp. 282-290
Description
Examines the cumulative impacts of historical trauma and discusses research and clinical innovations aimed at the mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional health disparities of the Native American people.
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care , vol. 21, no. 5, September/October 2010, pp. 449-454
Description
Study based on interviews with eight participants from across forty-three communities and focused on five key prevention issues: definition, types of activities, prevention levels, target groups, and facilitation and barriers.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 102, no. 2, March/April 2011, pp. 112-117
Description
Looks at the need for a holistic health indicator model for baseline health assessment and impact prediction of industralization, etc. in Canadian indigenous communities.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 302-308
Description
Looks at the effectiveness of treatment, prevention and recovery programs at the Family & Child Guidance Clinic of the Native American Health Center located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
This videos examines approaches of reclaiming, revitalizing and reinventing to transform trauma into a new form to improved Indigenous communities.
Duration: 49:54.
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Lecture 4
[2018 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Description
Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the fourth of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Saskatoon.
In this lecture Talaga links the similarities between contemporary nations with a history of colonization and describes some of the effects for Indigenous peoples and communities. In this Lecture Talaga focuses specifically on healthcare and the disparity in the quality of care available to Indigenous peoples.
Duration: 53:59
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 9, Winter, 2018, pp. 66-72
Description
Using the experience and reflections of long-term Indigenous people living with HIV and AIDS to create culturally sensitive support and interventions for Indigenous HIV and AIDS patients.
An examination of the connection between the health of indigenous youth and their interactions with the Canadian justice system.
Chapter in Crime Prevention and Community Safety for Children and Youth in Canada edited by Michel Vallée, Tullio Caputo. To view chapter scroll down to page 159.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 20, May 22, 2018, pp. E616-E321
Description
Article reviews the history of Indigenous health research conducted in Canadian Residential Schools; advocates decolonizing health research and implementing a collaborative approach which prioritizes the goals, knowledge and strengths of Indigenous partners. Cites a 2016 Inuit community-based HIV prevention and sexual health promotion program as an example of a successful partnership.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 269-275
Description
Discusses the trials and tribulations of evidence based practice and the need to develop culturally specific strategies to improve the health of Indigenous communities.
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol. 31, no. 4, July 2010, pp. 445-450
Description
Examines the reasons why Indigenous community engagement is important due to climate change and discusses barriers to western-based health impact assessment and Indigenous traditional knowledge integration.
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol. 58, no. 1, Indigenous Health, Well-Being, Social and Economic Inclusion-Closing the Gaps, February 2011, pp. 1-2
Description
Comments on the health of Indigenous Australians, life expectancy rate, and the previous attempts by the government to redress the poor state of Indigenous health.
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 2011, pp. 40-48
Description
Looks at the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities taking a leadership role in the process of developing Indigenous health policy and programs.
Focus on Health Professional Education, vol. 13, no. 1, 2011, pp. 35-43
Description
Discusses programs operating at the University of Melbourne, University of Hawai'i and the University of Otago in terms of rationale, positioning within the curriculum, recruitment practices, and evaluation.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 74-87
Description
Discusses a physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual framework rooted in Indigenous epistemologies, worldviews, cultures and traditions for Indigenous based social work practice.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 9, no. 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 87-111
Description
Study shows that Indigenous youth feel the health care system is disrespectful of youth and culture and a broader approach should be taken to consider the links between culture, identity and health.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 18-24
Description
Discusses the need to improve socioeconomic conditions as well as perinatal and infant care for Aboriginal peoples in Quebec.
Hülili: Multidisciplinary Research on Hawaiian Well-Being, vol. 7, 2011, pp. 159-184
Description
Describes culturally integrated programing for Native Hawaiian adolescents which encourages active engagement and meaning, potentially improving outcomes.